Improved railway



e UNITED e STATES PATENT EEICE,

` GEoRGE v. sHEEEIELD AND JAMEs E. coEUEN, `or HorKrNToN, MAss.

|MPRo`vED `RAILWAY.

specification forming part afnemers Patent No. 95.051, dma september 21,'1ste chusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Railroads,and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specifica.

tion.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in railroads,having reference both to the rail and track and the flange and tread ofthe wheel to run thereon; and it consists in the form of the rail andmethod of forming ythe road, and inthe form of the tread of the wheeland position of the iiange thereon, as will be hereinafter more fullydescribed.

In the accompanying plate of drawings, Figure 1 represents a top or planview of the track with truck-wheels thereon. Fig. 2Y is a crosssectionshowing the form of the rail and the method of forming the track.

Similarletters of reference indicate corresponding parts.- Ais the tie.B is the rail. `C is the joint or supplementary rail. D` represents thecarwheel on the rail.

The rail is inthe form of right-angled angle-iron,` which is placed onthe ends of the ties, as seen in the drawings. The ends of the ties arerabbeted to receive and support the becomes worn the rail may be `turnedend for end'or placed on the other sideof the track,

which will allow the other` face to be used.

i In laying thetrack theties are cut to a uniform length, which lengthdetermines the gage of the road, thus preventing any variations in thegage of the road, besides making a material saving in the quantity oftimber used for ties.-

The sub or joint rail C is designed to take the tread of the wheel andrelieve the ends of the rails, and also prevent the -constant anddisagreeable clatter or noise occasioned by the collision ofthe wheelwith the ends ofthe rails. In combination with this rail we employ apeculiarly constructed carwheel, D.` This wheel, it will be seen, hasits iiange E on the outside instead of Vthe inside. This prevents anypossibility of the track spreading, while the liability to run off' thetrack' is lessened The tendency to run off the track is also pre-`vented by the peculiar form of the tread of thewheel, which, it will beseen, is highest on its inside. This formation throws the tread onto thesupplementary rails C at all the joints but preventing the unpleasantnoise and motion` constantly experienced on common rail-` roads.

VHaving thus described our invention, we

claim `as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent l. The angle-railB, supplementary rail C, and the wheel D, in combination, substantiallyas and for the purposes described.

2. The combination of the angle-rail B and vthe tie A, arranged asdescribed, and for the i purposes set forth.

YGEORGE v. sHEEEiELn.

JAMEs E. coBUEN.

Witnesses:

L. H. WAKEEIELD, I. W. HARRINGTON.

